Campus Sexual Assault
A 20-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted on campus after accepting a ride from a stranger around 2:30 Sunday morning.

Jayhawkers Protest on Campus
The Jayhawkers coalition protested in front of Strong Hall Tuesday afternoon. Presidential candidate MacKenzie Oatman said the protest was meant to raise awareness of their situation.

Lawrence Rec Center Funding
A $22 million dollar recreation center has been approved in west Lawrence, however, existing rec centers in Lawrence are in need of funding to maintain their facilities.

JRP Car Crash
A car crashed into JRP Hall on campus Monday afternoon. This was not the first car suspect Donald R. Rayton stole that day.

Student Body Vice President-Elect Shares Thoughts on Taking Office
Grow KU’s Miranda Wagner joined us in the studio to tell us more about her experience running for Senate, the Jayhawkers’ protest, and taking office.

DeBruce Center Groundbreaking
KU broke ground on the DeBruce Center this morning. The center will house the original rules of basketball.

Child Abuse Suspect in Custody
Michael Alan Hetrick, of Lawrence, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse. The victim is in protective custody.

Budget Bond
Kansas state employees could begin receiving one-time bonuses instead of raises if the House votes to pass a measure approved by the Senate.

Elections Appeal
Although Grow KU was announced as the winning coalition of the Student Senate election, Jayhawkers have filed an appeal to have the decision to certify the results overturned.

Changes for KU Basketball
A day after junior point guard Naadir Tharpe announced he will not return for his senior season, Devonte Graham announced he will be joining the team next season.

Road Closure
The end of the school year marks the beginning of another season of construction. Phase two of the Jayhawk Boulevard reconstruction is set to begin May 19.

Cost of Living in Lawrence
Lower income levels and high home costs have caused Lawrence to be labeled as the most expensive area to live in the Kansas City metro area.

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http://tv.ku.edu/videos/december-11th-2013/#commentsFri, 30 May 2014 14:02:35 +0000http://tv.ku.edu/?post_type=videos&p=565Sierra Upton brings you the latest on the Lawrence Salvation Army’s decline in donations this holiday season, reaction from the University on the death of Gianfranco Villagomez-Saldana and a new AAA study on what age group texts and drives the most.
]]>http://tv.ku.edu/videos/december-11th-2013/feed/0Women and Politics in KU Student Senatehttp://tv.ku.edu/videos/women-and-politics-in-ku-student-senate/
http://tv.ku.edu/videos/women-and-politics-in-ku-student-senate/#commentsMon, 19 May 2014 19:37:12 +0000http://tv.ku.edu/?post_type=videos&p=557“Women and Politics in KU Student Senate” – Tara Bryant

My documentary focuses on the historic 2014 Student Senate election at the University of Kansas, in which female presidential and vice presidential candidates won the election for the first time in KU’s history. The coalition the women belong says the historic election is just “icing on the cake” because their gender is not as important as their ideas; a common flaw of journalists covering women and politics has been the focus on gender rather than platforms. My project focuses on Morgan Said, the 2014-2015 student body president, and Miranda Wagner, the 2014-2015 student body vice president and what politics means to them as women and how their gender affected their campaign. I recognized the potential history-making election when I began my project and began my interviews before the results were released, so for Grow KU, Said’s and Wagner’s coalition, to win the election was fortunate for my storytelling purposes, but also for the KU community to do something that has never been done before. I’ve learned a lot about the history of Student Senate through making this documentary, and ended up documenting a little bit of history myself in the making, which has been an added bonus.

The topic is about mixed-race/bi-racial, and how we self-identify. It is important because according to statistics the mixed race is the fastest growing population (despite some reports saying that Hispanic is) 2) It is about mixed race people, but it is also intended to educate people who aren’t sure about people who are mixed race, or how to communicate with them tactfully without asking them personal questions about their appearance, or making assumptions. 3) I hope that it will educate non-mixed race people how to approach those who are mixed race, and maybe think before they speak (or get to know them as a person first!) on their appearance 4) I have gotten a better understand of myself, and learned that it is up to me, and what I feel, not others, on how I identify myself. And also, that is ok to speak up for myself, and to educate people so they know better (and hopefully the message will spread!).

Upon researching different types of disabilities to work on for a documentary project, we were instantly intrigued by the use of prosthetic limbs. It seemed as though people were using prosthetic limbs as though they were the original limbs and we wondered how close technology has brought prosthetic limbs to the real things. We sought to find out through the course of interviewing multiple people that use prosthetic legs and a prosthesis. After speaking to these people, we learned that it wasn’t so much the technology that got these people back to living their ordinary lives, it was their will to not be held back by a tragic incident. One interviewee even told us that he didn’t consider himself to be handicapped at all. The common theme among our interviewees was that despite any type of amputation, there is still life afterwards and that being able to live that life relies on perseverance and belief.

The topic of this project is homelessness in Lawrence, specifically how they are treated in the city and the experience of homeless women. Lawrence was listed as the second meanest city in the country by the National Coalition for the Homeless due to policies that are seen as unfair, such as the banning of sleeping in the street and the outlawing of panhandling, and the female percentage of the homeless population in the city rose from 28.5 percent in 2009 to 49 percent in 2013, so these are clearly important and pertinent issues in the city. Chelsea Ren Morten, a worker at the Willow Domestic Violence Center in Lawrence, as well as two people who live on the streets of the city to learn more about these issues.

]]>http://tv.ku.edu/videos/homelessness-in-lawrence-women/feed/0The Rock Chalk Chant: The War of the Woohttp://tv.ku.edu/videos/the-rock-chalk-chant-the-war-of-the-woo/
http://tv.ku.edu/videos/the-rock-chalk-chant-the-war-of-the-woo/#commentsMon, 19 May 2014 19:32:15 +0000http://tv.ku.edu/?post_type=videos&p=542“The Rock Chalk Chant: The War of the Woo” – Geoffrey Calvert

One of the most recognizable parts of Kansas athletics is the fabled Rock Chalk Chant, a battle cry any Jayhawk fan knows. My documentary is about the development of the “woo” in the Rock Chalk Chant and the controversy surrounding preserving the chant’s tradition versus letting fans have fun and express their enthusiasm. The film traces the origins of the “woo”, the reasons it’s so controversial, why it was able to become a mainstream part of the chant, and the steps taken to reinstate the chant without the “woo”.